royal robes

Chapter 1187
After Chai Rong knew that Yeluzhen was seriously injured, he launched an army to march north the next day, leading [-] troops all the way north.

Sending troops to Ningzhou, the governor Wang Hong left the city and surrendered.After leading the troops to Yijin Pass, the Khitan defender Zhong Tinghui abandoned the city and surrendered.At Waqiaoguan, the guard Yao Neibin abandoned the city and surrendered.Liu Chuxin, the governor of Wuzhou, abandoned the state and surrendered.Gao Yanhui, governor of Yingzhou, took the initiative to leave the city and surrender.

This time, Chai Rong took only 42 days without bloodshed, and he took over three passes and three prefectures, a total of [-] counties.This was a brilliant victory, and it can be said to be the biggest victory of the Han people against the Khitan.

The Khitan people panicked when they learned that Yeluzhen was seriously injured and the entire army of [-] soldiers was wiped out, and they didn't know what to do.The Khitan who had always been high above the ground, who believed that cavalry was invincible in field battles, was suddenly defeated. Yeluzhen, who was number one in martial arts in the world, was seriously injured and fled back to Youzhou, and then was escorted by the army and transferred back to Shangjing... These series of events frightened the Khitan people, There is no courage to resist at all.

Zhou's army was as powerful as a broken bamboo, and went all the way to Youzhou.As long as Youzhou is recovered, it will be even more difficult for Khitan to go south to attack the Central Plains.

The Khitans were not good at siege, and the Central Plains were good at defending the city. The Khitans invaded either to take advantage of the civil strife in the Central Plains, or to take advantage of the bravery of the soldiers. It was actually very difficult for the Khitans to attack the city, so they often faced a stalemate with the enemy.Because the lives of soldiers are very precious, and the population of Khitan is less than one-tenth of that of the Han people, it is actually very uneconomical to use the lives of soldiers to forcibly attack the city.

Therefore, the main purpose of the Great Zhou army this time is to seize control of Youzhou. Originally, they thought it would be a fierce battle, but they really didn't expect it to go so smoothly.This reminded Zhao Kuangyin and Chai Rong of the time when Yelude was caught in the trap.

At that time, Yelu Deguang was dazzled by the victory, and the army went all the way to Bianliang City, and even occupied Bianliang City to become the emperor.As a result, several armies directly surrounded Bianliang City, and successfully recaptured Cangzhou, directly closing the door to the Khitan army.

This time it was so smooth that it was unbelievable that they surrendered wherever they went, and there was no need to attack at all. The road from Cangzhou to Youzhou was completely under Chai Rong's control.But... everyone has some worries. Anyone who understands knows that smooth sailing is never a good thing, and good things take a long time.

There are still dozens of miles away from Youzhou, and it has basically entered the range of Youzhou.After Youzhou got the letter, it closed the city almost immediately and prepared to stick to it.Youzhou can't be lost, everyone knows very well who owns Youzhou, and whoever has the absolute initiative, can advance, attack, retreat, or defend.

Zhou Jun is also in a dilemma now. This journey is so smooth that it feels like Zongxin is using Yelu Deguang's trap. The Khitan people can't think of such a way, but they can imitate Zongxin's method to lure the enemy into deep and then Close the door and beat the dog.

But this is the most critical time, as long as you win Youzhou, everything will be fine, you can't retreat at this time.Many people want to withdraw, but dare not say it out, because the situation is so good, who would dare to say retreat?Doesn't this affect morale?If Chai Rong is in a bad mood, it is definitely a crime that can be beheaded.

Some people are happy and some are sad. Fan Zhi is the calmest among the happy people.The army went all the way north to regain the lost ground, and the soldiers did not shed blood. This is a feat through the ages. How could Fan Zhi be unhappy?As for other people's unfounded speculation, Fan Zhi just smiled lightly and didn't take it seriously at all.

Although Fan Zhi didn't take these things to heart, if such emotions affected the core figures, it would be detrimental to the morale of the army.So Fan Zhi deliberately found a few people in his camp. Of course, these people are also old acquaintances, and it is because they are familiar that they have to explain things clearly.

In addition to the two prime ministers Fan Zhi and Wang Bo, there were also Zhao Kuangyin, Zhang Yongde, Li Chongjin, Zheng Ziming, Wei Renpu, and Pan Mei.Of course, it was impossible for Fan Zhi to invite the emperor Chai Rong, because it was inconvenient for Chai Rong to come forward when he was the emperor, and Zhao Kuangyi didn't need to. It's because his brother is Zhao Kuangyin.

"Lie Wei, I got a few jars of good wine today, and I specially invite everyone to come to taste the wine. There is no difference between us brothers, everyone should try my new good wine."

Fan Zhi took the initiative to pour wine for everyone, and finally toasted to drink together.After drinking, everyone nodded. This wine is really good, full-bodied and fragrant, with a smell of mutton.

"Eh~~? This wine, it can't be that the mutton on the table ran into the wine, how can I get a faint smell of mutton?" Wang Bo was surprised: "This taste~ I like it, I usually like to eat it Mutton, drink mutton soup, the taste of mutton soup mixed with wine is really good."

Li Zhongjin smiled lightly and said, "Wang Xiang, you have never had a lamb bar before."

"Lamb wine? I've heard of it, but I haven't really tasted it. So it's lamb wine, no wonder..."

Fan Zhi said: "This is made of selected northern millet as raw material, composed of old wheat, and carefully brewed. Because lamb is used in brewing, it is called lamb wine. Wang Xiang, you have only heard of lamb wine, right? Where did you hear about it?"

"Of course I listened to it while watching a play, Zhuge Liang's empty city plan." Wang Bo also sang a little: "The streets outside the city are cleaned up, and Sima Hao is ready to set up troops."Zhuge Liang has no other respects, and reward your army with lamb and wine.At this point, it is time to enter the city. Why do you hesitate and be in a dilemma?There are two Qintong people on the left and right. I have neither ambushes nor soldiers.Don't let your mind wander, come and come, please come to the city and listen to me playing the piano. '

"Good~~!" XN
Everyone applauded Wang Bo. Wang Bo usually has no other hobbies. Although he is a prime minister, he has been a farmer for most of his life, so his hobbies are only those few, drinking, listening to operas, and eating. Meat.Although the voice is not very good, but the singing is good.

Fan Zhi said: "That's right, when you think of lamb and wine, you will think of the empty city strategy. Do you know why Zhuge Liang used the empty city strategy, and why Sima Yi fell for it?"

"Isn't that simple? Zhuge Liang is resourceful and resourceful. It is expected that Sima Yi is suspicious by nature. He opened the city gate and Zhuge Liang played the piano on the tower. This momentum is enough to scare Sima Yi away." Li Chongjin still admires Zhuge Liang very much. He retreated Sima Yi's 15 troops by himself. What kind of momentum is this? ?
Zhao Kuangyin said: "Come on, I don't believe that Sima Yi is so brain-dead. In fact, you all don't know that Zhuge Liang is a master of martial arts, and he knows sound wave skills. He played the piano on the tower and the sound waves have already shocked everyone present. As long as Zhuge Liang improves his skills a little, 15 Ten thousand people will never survive, and Sima Yi retreated because he knew that his skills were no match for him."

Zhang Yongde said with a smile: "I agree with Zhao Kuangyin's statement, I just agree without reason."

"Then I agree too." Zheng Ziming has always been on Zhao Kuangyin's side, and he will agree to anything Zhao Kuangyin says.

Wei Renpu and Pan didn't speak, because they knew why Sima Yi retreated, because they were more knowledgeable, and if they were not familiar with the Three Kingdoms when they led troops to fight... I really don't know how these people survived until now.

"Actually, Zhuge Liang's empty city plan was actually shown to Sima Yi, and Zhuge Liang believed that Sima Yi could understand it." Fan Zhi said: "The art of war said: "Ten means to encircle, five means to attack, and double means to divide. With Sima Yi's 15 troops, Even if he suspects something weird in the city, he doesn’t need to retreat, right? Just take you guys as an example, if you lead 15 troops to attack a city, and the other side’s gates are opened and Zong Xin is playing the piano on the tower, what will you do?”

"siege."

"Yes, it must be a siege."

"It's definitely a siege."

……

Everyone was very afraid of Zong Xin. They didn't dare to attack directly, but it was impossible to retreat directly. Anyway, they should besiege the city first and see the situation in the city.

But after they answered this question, they suddenly realized that Sima Yi was a bit brain-dead at the time, why did he retreat immediately?Can't we surround it?
Fan Zhi said: "The purpose of Zhuge Liang's empty city strategy is not to scare Sima Yi away, but to let Sima Yi know that if there is no Shu Kingdom and Zhuge Liang, then Sima Yi is useless, and the birds are all good bows. Sima Yi is just for himself. He went down one step, so he retreated directly. He couldn’t catch Zhuge Liang, let alone let others catch Zhuge Liang. Otherwise, if Zhuge Liang died, Sima Yi, even if he wasn’t assassinated by Cao Cao, would cut off all his troops and let him go home to retire. "

Several people nodded silently, they understood the whole story of this matter, but Fan Zhi invited everyone here for a drink just to talk about this matter?It shouldn't be.

"Fan Xiang, you didn't invite us to the camp just for the sake of drinking, did you? You deliberately took out the lamb and fine wine, and then dragged it into the empty city plan... What are you trying to say?" Although Zhao Kuangyin's brain is not very good, but he also Seeing that Fan Zhi had some problems today, he seemed to have something to say, but he couldn't say it directly.

Fan Zhi said: "There are so many people in the Central Plains who don't understand the empty city plan, let alone the Khitan people, right? This road is unimpeded, it should be the empty city plan deliberately set up by Yeluzhen, deliberately reminding us of Yelu Deguang How did he fall into the trap of Zongxin? He deliberately made us worry and frightened, and wanted to delay time in this way. In fact, this is because Yeluzhen did not really understand the empty city plan. If the person playing the piano on the tower is not Zhuge Liang, even if it is All the generals of the Shu Kingdom who played the piano on the tower would surely die. Only Zhuge Liang could survive if he played the piano on the tower, because Sima Yi was the one who was most afraid of Zhuge Liang’s death. So this time Yeluzhen was superfluous. will be afraid."

After Fan Zhi said this, everyone understood a lot of things, including Wei Renpu and Pan Mei, who had been silent all this time.They knew what the empty city plan was, but they didn't think that this time the army's northern expedition was also an empty city plan by Yeluzhen, and it was Yeluzhen's superfluous strategy.

(End of this chapter)